Welcome to my September 2017 income and traffic report! I do income/traffic reports every month. I am hoping these reports help others grow their blog along with me. I will also be using these reports as a way to keep track of my progress as well.
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I share everything I learn, month to month, here in these reports. I give you details on things I have been working on behind the scenes as well. I am not using these reports to brag in any way, but more to be a transparent blogger with my readers/followers!
This is the fifth income and traffic report ever on Nikki’s Plate! I have only done three reports so far:
- April 2017 Traffic and Income Report
- May 2017 Traffic and Income Report
- June 2017 Traffic and Income Report
- July 2017 Traffic and Income Report
- August 2017 Traffic and Income Report
So I am going to jump right into this post and tell you everything I did this month to improve my blog!
This is was weird month for me in terms of growing my traffic on my blog. I didn't grow my blog's traffic in anyways.. to be honest I just didn't really try this month. I was so busy with other things going on in my life that I didn't have time to focus on my blog.
Which is fine.
At first I was really upset with myself and felt like a failure in the blogging world. My page views decreased by thousands from the previous month. I felt defeated.
But then I sat back and looked at the entire situation.
I may not have increased in page views, but I hit other milestones I was super excited about.. Like finally hitting 1000 followers on Pinterest, and making over $40.00 this month on Adsense. Those are two new things for me that made me look at my whole blogging situation rather then just the stats/analytics of my blog.
The biggest thing I learned this month is:
"It is not a race, enjoy the ride and celebrate the little things. Take the lessons you learn each day and continue to push forward and grow from here on."
With that being said, I do not have any blogging growing advice for you this month ... because I didn't grow my blog traffic this month. But I will show you my September stats anyways. Just for reference!
(AUGUST 2017: 7273 SESSIONS AND 17 263 PAGE VIEWS)
So as you can see, I dropped quite a bit.. but grew in other ways this month!
I gained 23 Mailchimp subscribers this month! WOOT
HERE ARE MY SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS AS WELL:
NIKKI’S PLATE FACEBOOK PAGE – 551 FOLLOWERS (+59 FOLLOWERS IN SEPTEMBER)
NIKKI BAHAN INSTAGRAM PAGE – 24.1K (+300 FOLLOWERS FOR SEPTEMBER)
NIKKI’S PLATE PINTEREST PAGE – 1010 FOLLOWERS (+98 FOLLOWERS IN SEPTEMBER)
NET INCOME:
- Google Adsense: $42.51
- Sovrn: $5.56
EXPENSES:
Everything I make on my blog, I invest back into the blog… because I still have my full time career, as a Registered Nurse, for a living.
Thats it! Thats all I have to share for this month.
Let me know if you have any questions, (or tips) as I continue on with my blogging journey!
Sally Ann DellaMonica
I just love your blog you inspire me!
Nikki Loren
Awww thank you! <3
Cippi Abramson
Love your blog and thanks for sharing your income reports - you can really see the progression and your hard work is paying off!! Can I ask you a question - how many hours do you put into your blog a week to get such great results? I am dying to get my blog off the ground but can't seem to find the time while I'm still working..
Nikki Loren
Glad you are enjoying my reports! The amount of time I put into my blog varies each week... I usually put in 1-2 hours a day, but will sometimes spend an entire Saturday prepping recipes to post. Keep working at it and you'll see results 🙂